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Digital library program

D-Lib has an article about a new grant-funded partnership between the library and information studies departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University at Bloomington to develop…
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Graduating today, but still have a lot to learn

Wow, so today is the day I graduate. Being that my whole library educational experience was virtual (except for my internship and a trip to the ALA conference in June)…
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Library education in the 21st century

I think our ALA president-elect, Michael Gorman, has the right idea on what the ALA should be focusing on. Education. According to the Library Journal, in a meeting entitled "The…
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What are libraries looking for?

I'm back from my wacky wild trip into our legal system. I'll just say that I hope I'm never on the other side of the law, because it was nerve-wracking…
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Tech vs. Traditional in Library School and Libraries

I'm probably grossly oversimplifying this, but I think there are two types of librarians: those who embrace technology and those who are antagonistic towards it or ignore it. I have…
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Reflections on distance learning

As a distance learning student who is about to graduate with an MLS, I think I may have some qualification to talk about distance learning programs in library science. While…
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